Vulnerability · Published Mar 21, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-10800

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the lix package (npm). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 28.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

lix through 15.8.7 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the HTTP client-server data stream so that the Location header is associated with attacker-controlled executable content in the postDownload field.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
npm	lix	no fix listed	GHSA-q8xg-8xwf-m598

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1306 x_refsource_MISC